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CARACAS: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who just began a third round of chemotherapy in his fight against cancer, said Monday it was going well.
"I was very much tuned in to business all day, stretched out there, and I will tell you that about a half hour ago I finished up what I call the bomb ... the chemotherapy's bombing," Chavez said in a brief phone call to VTV official state television, after starting the latest round Sunday.
"I am doing well. I am well taken care of. Marvelously taken care of" by his Cuban-Venezuelan medical team, the president added.
"Full of joy, and optimism, I was very much tuned in all day to what was going on in the country and around the world," Chavez said.
Chavez, 57, has said he underwent surgery in Cuba in June for a tumor in his pelvic area. He has not offered more detailed information on his ...
SANTIAGO: Chilean President Sebastian Pinera pledged Sunday to get to the bottom of the killing of a teen during a mass protest as student leaders agreed to meet with the president on their grievances.
Manuel Gutierrez was shot to death Thursday during clashes between police and protesters in the town of Macul, east of Santiago, one of hundreds of places around the country where violence broke out during the general strike.
"The government is doing everything necessary ...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio de Janeiro was in mourning Sunday after five people were killed and 57 injured in the Brazilian city's worst-ever tram accident, which took place in the booming Santa Teresa tourist district.
The tram, which had a maximum capacity of 44, derailed as it went into a turn on Saturday. Among the injured are five foreigners -- three French nationals, a Portuguese woman and an Englishman.
Tram service remained suspended on Sunday, as investigators ...
CARACAS: President Hugo Chavez will undergo a third round of chemotherapy for cancer at home in Venezuela beginning on Sunday, he said, instead of travelling to Cuba where he had two previous rounds of treatment.
The 57-year-old gave few details during a TV appearance on Saturday, but the choice to have his next session at home could indicate he is more optimistic about the pace of his recovery ahead of a bid for a new six-year ...
LIMA: Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba, faces up to 30 years in prison for the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores in Peru, the prosecution said Friday.
The 24-year-old Van der Sloot has been in Peruvian jail for 15 months and has been charged with the murder of 21-year-old Flores in a Lima hotel. The Dutch native also remains the main suspect in the disappearance of ...
LIMA: Peru's central bank bought $147 million on Friday, but failed to keep the sol currency from closing at its strongest level in more than three years.
The sol closed bidding 2.729 per US dollar, 0.07 percent stronger than its Thursday closing price. The bank purchased $599.7 million this week.
Latin America's currencies strengthened broadly against the dollar on Friday on expectations US central bankers will take action to help kick-start the sluggish US economy.
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SANTIAGO: A 48-hour national strike in Chile has led to two nights of violence and hundreds of arrests, with clashes breaking out on Thursday during student protests demanding education reforms.
Around 175,000 people in dozens of towns took part in the protests, including 50,000 in downtown Santiago who demonstrated in a festive atmosphere despite occasional clashes between police and youth.
But elsewhere in the country the protests turned more violent, with 27 people wounded overall and 210 ...
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